TWO early goals got Kendal Town off to the perfect start as the Mintcakes picked up a 3-1 win away at Ossett Albion.

Kendal were two goals to the good inside 10 minutes thanks to a Sam Bailey penalty and Danny Forbes Strike. After Rikki Paylor had pulled one back for the hosts, Alex Newby sealed the points with five minutes of play remaining.

It was Albion who had the opening chance however. In the very first minute Mintcakes' goalkeeper Chris Thompson was relieved to see the ball go over his crossbar after he had been beaten by a lobbed effort.

But in the 3rd minute the referee deemed a challenge in the Albion area to be illegal and Sam Bailey made no mistake from the spot to put the visitors into the lead.

Things didn't improve for Albion when six minutes later a floated Kendal free-kick into the area was headed on by Forbes. It went wide of Albion goalkeeper Brett Souter and into the bottom corner of the net to double Kendal's lead.

The visitors were full of confidence now and ran at the Albion defence, who were lacking in organisation. Albion battled on and gradually began to create chances but couldn't reduce the arrears as the first 45 minutes drew to a close.

The second half continued in the same way until a double substitution, just before the hour mark, gave the Albion play more urgency. In the 68th minute a good run down the left and into the box by Ross Hardaker saw the ball come to Rikki Paylor. He made no mistake as he thundered the ball into the net.

As Ossett pushed men forward in search of the equaliser, they were leaving gaps at the back which ultimately cost them late on.

The ball was lost in the middle and Kendal had players over to add a third goal. Alex Newby was the Kendal player whose shot got a deflection to take it over and secure the points for the travelling Mintcakes.

Assistant Mintcakes manager Dave Foster said the win was down to his side's harder work rate and stronger desire for the points.

"I thought it was good we played ver well against a very good side, particularly in the first half," said Foster.

"The game should’ve been over by then really we could have scored four or five, it was a very pleasing performance.

"We defended very well, we kept our discipline and our shape and pressed them as hard as we could."